Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 60
NarP 1 60.1
सनदन उवाच अवतीर्णेषु विप्रेषु यासः पुत्रसहायवान् । तूर्ष्णीं ध्यानपरो धीमानेकान्ते समुपाविशत्
sanadana uvāca avatīrṇeṣu vipreṣu yāsaḥ putrasahāyavān / tūrṣṇīṃ dhyānaparo dhīmānekānte samupāviśat
Sanandana said: When the brahmins had gone down, Vyāsa, having his son for companion, wise, silent and intent on meditation, sat down in a solitary place.
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NarP 1 60.2
तमुवाचाशरी री वाक् व्यासं पुत्रसमन्वितम् । भो भो महर्षे बासिष्ठ ब्रह्मघोषो न वर्तते
tamuvācāśarī rī vāk vyāsaṃ putrasamanvitam / bho bho maharṣe bāsiṣṭha brahmaghoṣo na vartate
A bodiless voice spoke to him, to Vyāsa together with his son: "Ho, ho, great sage, descendant of Vasiṣṭha! The sound of Vedic recitation is not going on.
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NarP 1 60.3
एको ध्यानपरस्तूष्णी किमाःसे चिन्तयन्निव । ब्रह्मघोषैर्विरहितः पर्वतो ऽयं न शोभते
eko dhyānaparastūṣṇī kimāḥse cintayanniva / brahmaghoṣairvirahitaḥ parvato 'yaṃ na śobhate
Why do you sit alone, silent, intent on meditation, as if brooding? Bereft of the sounds of Vedic chanting, this mountain does not shine.
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NarP 1 60.4
तस्मादधीष्व भगवन्सार्द्ध पुत्रेण धीमता । वेदान्वेदविदा चैव सुप्रसन्नमनाः सदा
tasmādadhīṣva bhagavansārddha putreṇa dhīmatā / vedānvedavidā caiva suprasannamanāḥ sadā
Therefore, lord, recite the Vedas together with your wise son who knows the Veda, always with a well-pleased mind."
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NarP 1 60.5
तच्छुत्वा वचनं व्यासो नभोवाणीसमीरितम् । शुकेन सह पुत्रेण वेदाभ्यासमथाकरोत्
tacchutvā vacanaṃ vyāso nabhovāṇīsamīritam / śukena saha putreṇa vedābhyāsamathākarot
Hearing that speech uttered by the voice from the sky, Vyāsa then took up the study of the Veda together with his son Śuka.
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NarP 1 60.6
तयोरभ्यसतोरेवं बहुकालं द्विजोत्तम । वातो ऽतिमात्रं प्रववौ समुद्रानिलवीजितः
tayorabhyasatorevaṃ bahukālaṃ dvijottama / vāto 'timātraṃ pravavau samudrānilavījitaḥ
While the two were reciting thus for a long time, O best of the twice-born, a wind blew excessively, driven by the sea breeze.
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NarP 1 60.7
ततो ऽनध्याय इति तं व्यासः पुत्रमवारयत् । शुको वारितमात्रस्तु कौतूहलसमन्वितः
tato 'nadhyāya iti taṃ vyāsaḥ putramavārayat / śuko vāritamātrastu kautūhalasamanvitaḥ
Then Vyāsa restrained his son, saying "This is a time of non-recitation." But Śuka, as soon as he was restrained, being full of curiosity,
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NarP 1 60.8
अपृच्छत्पितरं तत्र कुतो वायुरभूदयम् । आख्यातुमर्हति भवान्सर्वं वायोर्विचैष्टितम्
apṛcchatpitaraṃ tatra kuto vāyurabhūdayam / ākhyātumarhati bhavānsarvaṃ vāyorvicaiṣṭitam
asked his father there: "Whence has this wind arisen? You should relate to me the whole of the wind's various motion."
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NarP 1 60.9
शुकस्यैतद्वचः श्रुत्वा व्यासः परमविस्मितः । अनध्यायनिमित्तऽस्मिन्निदं वचनं मब्रवीत्
śukasyaitadvacaḥ śrutvā vyāsaḥ paramavismitaḥ / anadhyāyanimitta'sminnidaṃ vacanaṃ mabravīt
Hearing this speech of Śuka's, Vyāsa, greatly astonished, spoke these words on this occasion of the suspension of study:
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NarP 1 60.10
दिव्यं ते चक्षुरुत्पन्नं स्वस्थं ते निश्चलं मनः । तमसा रजसा चापि त्यक्तः सत्ये व्यवस्थितः
divyaṃ te cakṣurutpannaṃ svasthaṃ te niścalaṃ manaḥ / tamasā rajasā cāpi tyaktaḥ satye vyavasthitaḥ
"A divine eye has arisen in you; your mind is at ease and unwavering; released from tamas and from rajas, you are established in truth.
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NarP 1 60.11
तस्यात्मनि स्वयं वेदान्बुद्ध्वा समनुचिन्तय । देवयानचरो विष्णोः पितृयानश्च तामसः
tasyātmani svayaṃ vedānbuddhvā samanucintaya / devayānacaro viṣṇoḥ pitṛyānaśca tāmasaḥ
Having understood the Vedas of yourself within your own self, reflect (upon this). The one that travels the path of the gods belongs to Viṣṇu, while the path of the fathers is of tamas.
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NarP 1 60.12
द्वावेतौ प्रत्ययं यातौ दिवं चाधश्च गच्छतः । पिथिव्यामन्तरिक्षे च यतः संयान्ति वायवः
dvāvetau pratyayaṃ yātau divaṃ cādhaśca gacchataḥ / pithivyāmantarikṣe ca yataḥ saṃyānti vāyavaḥ
These two, having become fixed, go upward to heaven and downward; (and it is) on the earth and in the mid-region that the winds move together.
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NarP 1 60.13
सप्त ते वायुमार्गा वै तान्निबोधानुपूर्वशः । तत्र देवगणाः साध्याः समभूवन्महाबलाः
sapta te vāyumārgā vai tānnibodhānupūrvaśaḥ / tatra devagaṇāḥ sādhyāḥ samabhūvanmahābalāḥ
There are those seven paths of the wind; learn them in order. Therein the hosts of gods, the Sādhyas, of great strength, came into being.
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NarP 1 60.14
तेषामप्यभवत्पुत्रः समानो नाम दुर्जयः । उदानस्तस्य पुत्रो ऽभूव्द्यानस्तस्याभवत्सुतः
teṣāmapyabhavatputraḥ samāno nāma durjayaḥ / udānastasya putro 'bhūvdyānastasyābhavatsutaḥ
Of them too there was a son named Samāna, hard to conquer; his son was Udāna, and his son was Vyāna.
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NarP 1 60.15
अपानश्च ततो जज्ञे प्राणश्चापि ततः परम् । अनपत्यो ऽभवत्प्राणो दुर्द्धर्षः शत्रुमर्दनः
apānaśca tato jajñe prāṇaścāpi tataḥ param / anapatyo 'bhavatprāṇo durddharṣaḥ śatrumardanaḥ
And from him Apāna was born, and after that Prāṇa; Prāṇa was childless, hard to assail, a crusher of foes.
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NarP 1 60.16
पृथर्क्क्ंमाणि तेषां तु प्रवक्ष्यामि यथा तथा । प्राणिनां सर्वतो वायुश्चेष्टा वर्तयते पृथक्
pṛtharkkṃmāṇi teṣāṃ tu pravakṣyāmi yathā tathā / prāṇināṃ sarvato vāyuśceṣṭā vartayate pṛthak
But I shall declare their several functions as they are: in living beings the wind sets activity in motion separately on every side.
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NarP 1 60.17
प्रीणनाञ्चैव सर्वेषां प्राण इत्यभिधीयते । प्रेषयत्यभ्रसंघातान्धूमजांश्चोष्मजांस्तथा
prīṇanāñcaiva sarveṣāṃ prāṇa ityabhidhīyate / preṣayatyabhrasaṃghātāndhūmajāṃścoṣmajāṃstathā
And because it satisfies (prīṇana) all, it is called prāṇa; it drives on the masses of clouds, those born of smoke and those born of heat.
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NarP 1 60.18
प्रथमः प्रथमे मार्गे प्रवहो नाम सो ऽनिलः । अंबरे स्नेहमात्रेभ्यस्तडिद्भ्यश्चोत्तमद्युतिः
prathamaḥ prathame mārge pravaho nāma so 'nilaḥ / aṃbare snehamātrebhyastaḍidbhyaścottamadyutiḥ
The first, on the first path, is that wind named Pravaha; in the sky, of surpassing brilliance, (arising) from the mere moistures and from the lightnings.
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NarP 1 60.19
आवहो नाम सो ऽभ्येति द्वितीयः श्वसनो नदन् । उदयं ज्योतिषां शश्वत्सोमादीनां करोति यः
āvaho nāma so 'bhyeti dvitīyaḥ śvasano nadan / udayaṃ jyotiṣāṃ śaśvatsomādīnāṃ karoti yaḥ
The second breathing (wind), roaring, comes as one named Āvaha, which constantly brings about the rising of the luminaries beginning with the moon.
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NarP 1 60.20
अन्तर्देहेषु चोदानं यं वदन्ति मनीषिणः । यश्चतुर्भ्यः समुद्रेभ्यो वायुर्द्धारयते जलम्
antardeheṣu codānaṃ yaṃ vadanti manīṣiṇaḥ / yaścaturbhyaḥ samudrebhyo vāyurddhārayate jalam
(He is) whom the wise call Udāna within bodies, the wind which holds up water from the four oceans,
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NarP 1 60.21
उद्धृत्य ददते चापो जीमूतेभ्यो वने ऽनिलः । यो ऽद्धिः संयोज्य जीमूतान्पर्जन्याय प्रयच्छती
uddhṛtya dadate cāpo jīmūtebhyo vane 'nilaḥ / yo 'ddhiḥ saṃyojya jīmūtānparjanyāya prayacchatī
and, having drawn it up, the wind gives the waters to the rain-clouds in the forest; which, joining the clouds with the waters, hands them over to Parjanya.
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NarP 1 60.22
उद्वहो नाम बंहिष्ठस्तृतीयः स सदागतिः । संनीयमाना बहुधा येन नीला महाघनाः
udvaho nāma baṃhiṣṭhastṛtīyaḥ sa sadāgatiḥ / saṃnīyamānā bahudhā yena nīlā mahāghanāḥ
The third is that ever-moving one named Udvaha, the strongest, by which the dark great clouds are led together in many ways;
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NarP 1 60.23
वर्षमोक्षकृतारंभास्ते भवन्ति घनाघनाः । यो ऽसौ वहति देवानां विमानानि विहायसा
varṣamokṣakṛtāraṃbhāste bhavanti ghanāghanāḥ / yo 'sau vahati devānāṃ vimānāni vihāyasā
having begun the release of rain, they become thundering rain-clouds; it is he who carries the chariots of the gods through the sky.
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NarP 1 60.24
चतुर्थः संवहो नाम वायुः स गिरिमर्दनः । येन वेगवता रुग्णाः क्रियन्ते तरुजा रसाः
caturthaḥ saṃvaho nāma vāyuḥ sa girimardanaḥ / yena vegavatā rugṇāḥ kriyante tarujā rasāḥ
The fourth wind is named Saṃvaha, the crusher of mountains, by which, being swift, the saps produced in trees are made broken.
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NarP 1 60.25
पञ्चमः स महावेगो विवहो नाम मारुतः । यस्मिन्परिप्लवे दिव्या वहॄन्त्यापो विहायसा
pañcamaḥ sa mahāvego vivaho nāma mārutaḥ / yasminpariplave divyā vahṝntyāpo vihāyasā
The fifth is that wind of great speed named Vivaha, in which, when it floods about, the divine waters flow through the sky.
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NarP 1 60.26
पुण्यं चाकाशगङ्गायास्तोयं तिष्टति तिष्टति । दूरात्प्रतिहतो यस्मिन्नेकरश्मिर्दिवाकरः
puṇyaṃ cākāśagaṅgāyāstoyaṃ tiṣṭati tiṣṭati / dūrātpratihato yasminnekaraśmirdivākaraḥ
And the holy water of the heavenly Gaṅgā stands (there); in which the sun, checked from afar, has but a single ray.
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NarP 1 60.27
योनिरंशुसहस्रस्य येन याति वसुंधराम् । यस्मादाप्यायते सोमो निधिर्दिव्यो ऽमृतस्य च
yoniraṃśusahasrasya yena yāti vasuṃdharām / yasmādāpyāyate somo nidhirdivyo 'mṛtasya ca
(He is) the source of the thousand rays, by which (the sun) goes to the earth; from which the moon, the divine store of nectar, is replenished.
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NarP 1 60.28
षष्ठः परिवहो नाम स वायुर्जीवतां वरः । सर्वप्राणभृतां प्राणार्न्यो ऽतकाले निरस्यति
ṣaṣṭhaḥ parivaho nāma sa vāyurjīvatāṃ varaḥ / sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ prāṇārnyo 'takāle nirasyati
The sixth wind is named Parivaha, the best of living things, which at the time of the end casts out the breaths of all breathing creatures.
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NarP 1 60.29
यस्य धर्मे ऽनुवर्तेते मृत्युवेवस्वतावुभौ । सम्यगन्वीक्षता बुद्ध्या शान्तयाध्यात्मनित्यया
yasya dharme 'nuvartete mṛtyuvevasvatāvubhau / samyaganvīkṣatā buddhyā śāntayādhyātmanityayā
In whose law both Death and Vaivasvata follow, with an understanding that sees rightly, tranquil, ever fixed on the self;
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NarP 1 60.30
ध्यानाभ्यासाभिरामाणां यो ऽमृतत्वाय कल्पते । यं समासाद्य वेगेन दिशामन्तं प्रपेदिरे
dhyānābhyāsābhirāmāṇāṃ yo 'mṛtatvāya kalpate / yaṃ samāsādya vegena diśāmantaṃ prapedire
who serves for the immortality of those who delight in the practice of meditation; reaching whom, they swiftly attained the end of the quarters —
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NarP 1 60.31
दक्षस्य दश पुत्राणां सहस्राणि प्रजापतेः । येन वृष्ट्या पराभूतस्तोयान्येन निवर्तते
dakṣasya daśa putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi prajāpateḥ / yena vṛṣṭyā parābhūtastoyānyena nivartate
the ten thousand sons of Dakṣa the Prajāpati; by whom the waters, overcome, turn back as rain.
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NarP 1 60.32
परीवहो नाम वरो वायुः स दुरतिक्रमः । एवमेते दितेः पुत्रा मरुतः परमाद्भुताः
parīvaho nāma varo vāyuḥ sa duratikramaḥ / evamete diteḥ putrā marutaḥ paramādbhutāḥ
There is the excellent wind named Parīvaha, hard to overcome. Thus these are Diti's sons, the Maruts, most wonderful,
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NarP 1 60.33
अनारमन्तः सर्वाङ्गाः सर्वचारिणः । एतत्तु महदाश्चर्यं यदयं पर्वतोत्तमः
anāramantaḥ sarvāṅgāḥ sarvacāriṇaḥ / etattu mahadāścaryaṃ yadayaṃ parvatottamaḥ
unresting, complete in all their limbs, moving everywhere. But this is a great marvel, that this best of mountains
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NarP 1 60.34
कंपितः सहसा तेन पवमानेन वायुना । विष्णोर्निःश्वासवातो ऽयं यदा वेगसमीरितः
kaṃpitaḥ sahasā tena pavamānena vāyunā / viṣṇorniḥśvāsavāto 'yaṃ yadā vegasamīritaḥ
(This mountain) was suddenly shaken by that blowing wind. This wind is Viṣṇu's outbreath; when it is impelled with force,
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NarP 1 60.35
सहसोदीर्यते तात जगत्प्रव्यथते तदा । तस्माद्ब्रह्मविदो ब्रह्म न पठन्त्यतिवायुतः
sahasodīryate tāta jagatpravyathate tadā / tasmādbrahmavido brahma na paṭhantyativāyutaḥ
when it rises up suddenly, dear one, then the world trembles. Therefore knowers of brahman do not recite the Veda when the wind is high.
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NarP 1 60.36
वायोर्वायुभयं ह्युक्तं ब्रह्म तत्पीडितं भवेत् । एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं पराशरसुतः प्रभुः
vāyorvāyubhayaṃ hyuktaṃ brahma tatpīḍitaṃ bhavet / etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ parāśarasutaḥ prabhuḥ
For it is said that the wind's danger comes from the wind; that (recited) brahman would be injured. Having spoken these words, the mighty son of Parāśara,
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NarP 1 60.37
उक्त्वा पुत्रमधीष्वेति व्योमगङ्गामगात्तदा । ततो व्यासे गते स्नातुं शुको ब्रह्मविदां वरः
uktvā putramadhīṣveti vyomagaṅgāmagāttadā / tato vyāse gate snātuṃ śuko brahmavidāṃ varaḥ
having told his son "Study," then went to the Gaṅgā of the sky. Then, when Vyāsa had gone to bathe, Śuka, best of the knowers of brahman,
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NarP 1 60.38
स्वाध्यायमकरोद्ब्रह्मन्वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः । तत्र स्वाध्यायसंसक्तं शुकं व्याससुतं मुने
svādhyāyamakarodbrahmanvedavedāṅgapāragaḥ / tatra svādhyāyasaṃsaktaṃ śukaṃ vyāsasutaṃ mune
performed his recitation, O brahman — he who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the Veda-limbs. There, O sage, to Śuka the son of Vyāsa, absorbed in his recitation,
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NarP 1 60.39
सनत्कुमारो भगवानेकान्ते समुपागतः । उत्थाय सत्कृतस्तेन ब्रह्मपुत्रो हि कार्ष्णिना
sanatkumāro bhagavānekānte samupāgataḥ / utthāya satkṛtastena brahmaputro hi kārṣṇinā
the lord Sanatkumāra came in that solitary place; and that son of Brahmā was honoured by him, the son of Kṛṣṇa (Vyāsa), who rose up (to greet him).
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NarP 1 60.40
ततः प्रोवाच विप्रेन्द्र शुकं विदां वरः । किं करोषि महाभाग व्यासपुत्र महाद्युते
tataḥ provāca viprendra śukaṃ vidāṃ varaḥ / kiṃ karoṣi mahābhāga vyāsaputra mahādyute
Then, O chief of brahmans, that best of knowers said to Śuka: "What are you doing, greatly fortunate son of Vyāsa, you of great radiance?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.41
शुक उवाच स्वाध्याये संप्रवृत्तो ऽहं ब्रह्मपुत्राधुना स्थितः । त्वद्दर्शनमनुप्राप्तः केनापि सुकृतेन च
śuka uvāca svādhyāye saṃpravṛtto 'haṃ brahmaputrādhunā sthitaḥ / tvaddarśanamanuprāptaḥ kenāpi sukṛtena ca
Śuka said: I am engaged in recitation, O son of Brahmā, and now I stand (before you); by some merit I have obtained the sight of you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.42
किञ्चित्त्वां प्रष्टुमिच्छामि तत्त्वं मोक्षार्थसाधनम् । तद्वदस्व महाभाग यथा त ज्ज्ञानमाप्नुयाम्
kiñcittvāṃ praṣṭumicchāmi tattvaṃ mokṣārthasādhanam / tadvadasva mahābhāga yathā ta jjñānamāpnuyām
I wish to ask you something — the truth that is the means to the goal of liberation. Tell me that, greatly fortunate one, so that I may obtain that knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.43
सनत्कुमार उवाच नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुर्नास्ति विद्यासमं तपः । नास्ति रागसमं दुःखं नास्ति त्यागसमं सुखम्
sanatkumāra uvāca nāsti vidyāsamaṃ cakṣurnāsti vidyāsamaṃ tapaḥ / nāsti rāgasamaṃ duḥkhaṃ nāsti tyāgasamaṃ sukham
Sanatkumāra said: There is no eye equal to knowledge, no austerity equal to knowledge; there is no suffering equal to passion, no happiness equal to renunciation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.44
निवृत्तिः कर्मणः पापात्सततं पुण्यशीलता । सद्वृत्तिः समुदाचारः श्रेय एतदनुत्तमम्
nivṛttiḥ karmaṇaḥ pāpātsatataṃ puṇyaśīlatā / sadvṛttiḥ samudācāraḥ śreya etadanuttamam
Turning away from sinful action, constant devotion to a virtuous character, good conduct, correct behaviour — this is the unsurpassed good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.45
मानुष्यमसुखं प्राप्य यः सज्जति स मुह्यति । नालं स दुःखमोक्षाय संगो वै दुःखलक्षणः
mānuṣyamasukhaṃ prāpya yaḥ sajjati sa muhyati / nālaṃ sa duḥkhamokṣāya saṃgo vai duḥkhalakṣaṇaḥ
Having attained a human birth, which is without happiness, he who clings becomes deluded; he is not able to be freed from suffering, for attachment is marked by suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.46
सक्तस्य बुद्धर्भवति मोहजालविवर्द्धिनी । मोहजालावृतो दुःखमिहामुत्र तथाश्नुते
saktasya buddharbhavati mohajālavivarddhinī / mohajālāvṛto duḥkhamihāmutra tathāśnute
The mind of the attached man becomes a thing that swells the net of delusion; wrapped in the net of delusion he thus experiences suffering here and in the world beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.47
सर्वोपायेन कामस्य क्रोधस्य च विनिग्रहः । कार्यः श्रेयोर्थिना तौ हि श्रेयोघातार्थमुद्यतौ
sarvopāyena kāmasya krodhasya ca vinigrahaḥ / kāryaḥ śreyorthinā tau hi śreyoghātārthamudyatau
By every means the restraint of desire and of anger must be made by one who seeks the good, for those two are bent on destroying the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.48
नित्यं क्रोधात्तपो रक्षेच्छ्रियं रक्षेञ्च मत्सरात् । विद्यां मानावमानाभ्यामात्मानं तु प्रमादतः
nityaṃ krodhāttapo rakṣecchriyaṃ rakṣeñca matsarāt / vidyāṃ mānāvamānābhyāmātmānaṃ tu pramādataḥ
One should always guard austerity from anger, and guard prosperity from envy, knowledge from honour and dishonour, and the self from negligence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.49
आनृशंस्यं परो धर्मः क्षमा च परमं बलम् । आत्मज्ञानं परं ज्ञानं सत्यं हि परमं हितम्
ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharmaḥ kṣamā ca paramaṃ balam / ātmajñānaṃ paraṃ jñānaṃ satyaṃ hi paramaṃ hitam
Non-cruelty is the highest duty, and patience the highest strength; knowledge of the self is the highest knowledge, and truth indeed the highest benefit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.50
येन सर्वं परित्यक्तं स विद्वान्स च पण्डितः । इन्द्रियैरिन्द्रियार्थेभ्यश्चरत्यात्मवशैरिह
yena sarvaṃ parityaktaṃ sa vidvānsa ca paṇḍitaḥ / indriyairindriyārthebhyaścaratyātmavaśairiha
He by whom everything has been given up, he is the wise one, he is the learned one; here he moves among the objects of the senses with senses that are under the control of the self,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.51
असज्जमानः शान्तात्मा निर्विकारः समाहितः । आत्मभूतैरतद्भूतः सह चैव विनैव च
asajjamānaḥ śāntātmā nirvikāraḥ samāhitaḥ / ātmabhūtairatadbhūtaḥ saha caiva vinaiva ca
not clinging, calm of soul, free of alteration, collected, not identified with them (though) among those who have become his own self, both together (with them) and apart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.52
स विमुक्तः परं श्रेयो न चिरेणाधिगच्छति । अदर्शनमसंस्पर्शस्तथैवाभाषाणं सदा
sa vimuktaḥ paraṃ śreyo na cireṇādhigacchati / adarśanamasaṃsparśastathaivābhāṣāṇaṃ sadā
He, released, attains the highest good before long: not seeing, not touching, and likewise never speaking
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.53
यस्य भूतैः सह मुने स श्रेयो विन्दते महत् । न हिंस्यात्सर्वभूतानि भूतैर्मैत्रायणश्चरेत्
yasya bhūtaiḥ saha mune sa śreyo vindate mahat / na hiṃsyātsarvabhūtāni bhūtairmaitrāyaṇaścaret
with (other) beings — he, O sage, wins the great good. One should not injure any beings; one should go about in friendliness toward beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.54
नेदं जन्म समासाद्य वैरं कुर्वीत केन चित् । आकिञ्चन्यं सुसंतोषो निराशिष्ट्वमचापलम्
nedaṃ janma samāsādya vairaṃ kurvīta kena cit / ākiñcanyaṃ susaṃtoṣo nirāśiṣṭvamacāpalam
Having attained this birth, one should not make enmity with anyone. (There should be) possessionlessness, deep contentment, freedom from expectation, absence of fickleness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.55
एतदाहुः परं श्रेय आत्मज्ञस्य जितात्मनः । परिग्रहं परित्यज्य भव तातजितेन्द्रियः
etadāhuḥ paraṃ śreya ātmajñasya jitātmanaḥ / parigrahaṃ parityajya bhava tātajitendriyaḥ
This, they say, is the highest good for one who knows the self and has conquered himself. Abandoning possessions, dear one, become one whose senses are subdued.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.56
अशोकं स्थानमातिष्ट इह चामुत्र चाभयम् । निराशिषो न शोचन्ति त्यजेदाशिषमात्मनः
aśokaṃ sthānamātiṣṭa iha cāmutra cābhayam / nirāśiṣo na śocanti tyajedāśiṣamātmanaḥ
Take your stand in the sorrowless state, fearless here and hereafter. Those free of expectation do not grieve; one should give up expectation for oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.57
परित्यज्याशिषं सौम्य दुःखग्रामाद्विमोक्ष्यसे । तपरोनित्येन दान्तेन मुनिना संयतात्मना
parityajyāśiṣaṃ saumya duḥkhagrāmādvimokṣyase / taparonityena dāntena muninā saṃyatātmanā
Having wholly given up expectation, gentle one, you will be released from the multitude of sufferings — (living) as an ever-ascetic, self-restrained, silent sage, with a controlled self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.58
अजितं जेतुकामेन भाव्यं संगेष्वसंगिना । गुणसंगेष्वेष्वनासक्त एकचर्या रतः सदा
ajitaṃ jetukāmena bhāvyaṃ saṃgeṣvasaṃginā / guṇasaṃgeṣveṣvanāsakta ekacaryā rataḥ sadā
One who wishes to conquer what is unconquered must become unattached amid attachments, not clinging to the ties of the qualities, always delighting in solitary conduct.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.59
ब्राह्मणो न चिरादेव सुखमायात्यनुत्तमम् । द्वन्द्वारामेषु भूतेषु वराको रमते मुनिः
brāhmaṇo na cirādeva sukhamāyātyanuttamam / dvandvārāmeṣu bhūteṣu varāko ramate muniḥ
(Then) the brahmin comes before long to the unsurpassed happiness; but the wretched sage takes pleasure among beings who delight in pairs of opposites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.60
किञ्चिन्प्रज्ञानतृप्तो ऽसौ ज्ञानतृप्तो न शोचति । शुभैर्लभेत देवत्वं व्यामिश्रैर्जन्म मानुषम्
kiñcinprajñānatṛpto 'sau jñānatṛpto na śocati / śubhairlabheta devatvaṃ vyāmiśrairjanma mānuṣam
He who is somewhat satisfied by wisdom—satisfied by knowledge—does not grieve. By pure (deeds) one would obtain godhood, by mixed ones a human birth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.61
अशुभैश्चाप्यधो जन्म कर्मभिर्लभते ऽवशः । तत्र मृत्युजरादुःखैः सततं समभिद्रुतम्
aśubhaiścāpyadho janma karmabhirlabhate 'vaśaḥ / tatra mṛtyujarāduḥkhaiḥ satataṃ samabhidrutam
and by impure deeds one helplessly obtains a lower birth. There, constantly assailed by the pains of death and old age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.62
संसारं पश्यते जन्तुस्तत्कथं नावबुध्से । अहिते हितसंज्ञस्त्वमध्रुवे ध्रुवसंज्ञकः
saṃsāraṃ paśyate jantustatkathaṃ nāvabudhse / ahite hitasaṃjñastvamadhruve dhruvasaṃjñakaḥ
a creature sees transmigration — so how do you not understand? You call the harmful beneficial and the unstable stable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.63
अनर्थे वार्थसंज्ञस्त्वं किमर्थं नावबुध्यसे । संवेष्ट्यमानं बहुभिर्मोहतन्तुभिरात्मजैः
anarthe vārthasaṃjñastvaṃ kimarthaṃ nāvabudhyase / saṃveṣṭyamānaṃ bahubhirmohatantubhirātmajaiḥ
Or you call what is worthless valuable — why do you not understand? (You are) being wrapped round by many threads of delusion born of yourself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.64
कोशकारवदात्मानं वेष्टितो नावबुध्यसे । अलं परिग्रहेणेह दोषवान् हि परिग्रहः
kośakāravadātmānaṃ veṣṭito nāvabudhyase / alaṃ parigraheṇeha doṣavān hi parigrahaḥ
and, enveloped like a silkworm (in its cocoon), you do not recognize yourself. Enough of possessing here, for possession is full of fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.65
कृमिर्हि कोशकारस्तु बध्यते स्वपरिग्रहात् । पुत्रदारकुटुंबेषु सक्ताः सीदन्ति जन्तवः
kṛmirhi kośakārastu badhyate svaparigrahāt / putradārakuṭuṃbeṣu saktāḥ sīdanti jantavaḥ
For the silkworm, a mere worm, is bound by its own acquiring; so creatures, attached to sons, wives and family, sink down,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.66
सरःपङ्कार्णवे मग्ना जीर्णा वनगजा इव । मोहजालसमाकृष्टान्पश्यजन्तून्सुदुःखितान्
saraḥpaṅkārṇave magnā jīrṇā vanagajā iva / mohajālasamākṛṣṭānpaśyajantūnsuduḥkhitān
sunk in a sea of lake-mud like aged forest elephants. See creatures dragged along by the net of delusion, utterly miserable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.67
कुटुंबं पुत्रदारं च शरीरं द्रव्यसंचयम् । पारक्यमध्रुवं सर्वं किं स्वं सुकृतदुष्कृते
kuṭuṃbaṃ putradāraṃ ca śarīraṃ dravyasaṃcayam / pārakyamadhruvaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ svaṃ sukṛtaduṣkṛte
Family, sons and wife, the body, the hoard of goods — all this belongs to others and is unstable; what is one's own except the good and evil done?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.68
यदा सर्वं परित्यज्य गन्तव्यमवशेन वै । अनर्थे किं प्रसक्तस्त्वं स्वमर्थं नानुतिष्टसि
yadā sarvaṃ parityajya gantavyamavaśena vai / anarthe kiṃ prasaktastvaṃ svamarthaṃ nānutiṣṭasi
Since one must go, helplessly, abandoning everything, why are you attached to the worthless and do not pursue your own true good?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.69
अविश्रान्तमनालंबमपाथेयमदैशिकम् । तमः कर्त्तारमध्वानं कथमेको गमिष्यसि
aviśrāntamanālaṃbamapātheyamadaiśikam / tamaḥ karttāramadhvānaṃ kathameko gamiṣyasi
How will you go alone on that road — without rest, without support, without provisions, without a guide, dark, and (its own) maker?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.70
नहि त्वां प्रस्थितं कश्चित्पृष्टतो ऽनुगमिष्यति । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं च त्वां गच्छन्तमनुयास्यतः
nahi tvāṃ prasthitaṃ kaścitpṛṣṭato 'nugamiṣyati / sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca tvāṃ gacchantamanuyāsyataḥ
For no one will follow behind you when you have set out; only your good and evil deeds will follow you as you go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.71
विद्या कर्म च शौर्यं च ज्ञानं च बहुविस्तरम् । अर्थार्थमनुशीर्यन्ते सिद्धार्थस्तु विमुच्यते
vidyā karma ca śauryaṃ ca jñānaṃ ca bahuvistaram / arthārthamanuśīryante siddhārthastu vimucyate
Learning, ritual action, valour, and knowledge of great extent are all worn away for the sake of gain; but he whose aim is accomplished is released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.72
निबन्धिनी रज्जुरेषा या ग्रामे वसतो रतिः । छित्वैनां सुकृतो यान्ति नैनां छिन्दन्ति दुष्कृतः
nibandhinī rajjureṣā yā grāme vasato ratiḥ / chitvaināṃ sukṛto yānti naināṃ chindanti duṣkṛtaḥ
This is the binding rope: the delight of one who dwells in the village. Cutting it, the well-doing go (free); the evil-doing do not cut it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.73
तुल्यजातिवयोरूपान् हृतान्पस्यसि मृत्युना । न च नामास्ति निर्वेदो लोहं हि हृदयं तव
tulyajātivayorūpān hṛtānpasyasi mṛtyunā / na ca nāmāsti nirvedo lohaṃ hi hṛdayaṃ tava
You see those of like birth, age and appearance carried off by death, and yet there is no disgust at all (in you) — indeed your heart is iron.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.74
रूपकूलां मनः स्रोतां स्पर्शद्वीपां रसावहाम् । गन्धपङ्कां शब्दजलां स्वर्गमार्गदुरारुहाम्
rūpakūlāṃ manaḥ srotāṃ sparśadvīpāṃ rasāvahām / gandhapaṅkāṃ śabdajalāṃ svargamārgadurāruhām
(The river) whose banks are form, whose current is mind, whose islands are touch, whose flow is taste, whose mud is smell, whose water is sound, hard to ascend by the road to heaven —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.75
क्षमारित्रां सत्यमयीं धर्मस्थैर्यकराकराम् । त्यागवाताध्वगां शीघ्रां बुद्धिनावं नदीं तरेत्
kṣamāritrāṃ satyamayīṃ dharmasthairyakarākarām / tyāgavātādhvagāṃ śīghrāṃ buddhināvaṃ nadīṃ taret
— whose rudder is patience, made of truth, a mine yielding firmness in dharma, going its way by the wind of renunciation, swift: by the boat of the intellect let one cross that river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.76
त्यक्त्वा धर्ममधर्मं च ह्युभे सत्यानृते त्यज । त्यज धर्ममसंकल्पादधर्मं चाप्यहिंसया
tyaktvā dharmamadharmaṃ ca hyubhe satyānṛte tyaja / tyaja dharmamasaṃkalpādadharmaṃ cāpyahiṃsayā
Having abandoned dharma and non-dharma, abandon both truth and untruth; abandon dharma by having no intention (to act), and non-dharma by non-injury.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.77
उभे सत्यानृते बुद्धिं परमनिश्चयात् । अस्थिस्थूणं स्नायुयुतं मांसशोणितलेपनम्
ubhe satyānṛte buddhiṃ paramaniścayāt / asthisthūṇaṃ snāyuyutaṃ māṃsaśoṇitalepanam
(Abandon) both truth and untruth, (and) the intellect too, through the highest certainty. (This body) has bones for pillars, is joined with sinews, is plastered over with flesh and blood,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.78
धर्मावनद्धं दुर्गन्धिं पूर्णं मूत्रपुरीषयोः । जराशोकसमाविष्टं रोगायतनमस्थिरम्
dharmāvanaddhaṃ durgandhiṃ pūrṇaṃ mūtrapurīṣayoḥ / jarāśokasamāviṣṭaṃ rogāyatanamasthiram
bound about with skin, foul-smelling, full of urine and faeces, beset by old age and grief, a dwelling-place of disease, unstable,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 60.79
रजस्वलमनित्यं च भूतावासं समुत्सृज । इदं विश्वं जगत्सर्वमजगञ्चापि यद्भवेत्
rajasvalamanityaṃ ca bhūtāvāsaṃ samutsṛja / idaṃ viśvaṃ jagatsarvamajagañcāpi yadbhavet
dusty and impermanent — cast off this dwelling of the elements. This whole universe, all that moves and whatever does not move,
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NarP 1 60.80
महाभूतात्मकं सर्वमस्माद्यत्परमाणुमत् । इन्द्रियाणि च पञ्चैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा
mahābhūtātmakaṃ sarvamasmādyatparamāṇumat / indriyāṇi ca pañcaiva tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajastathā
all of it consists of the great elements, and from this comes whatever is atomic; and the five senses, and darkness, brightness and passion (tamas, sattva, rajas) —
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NarP 1 60.81
इत्येष सप्तदशको राशिख्यक्तसंज्ञकः । सर्वैरिहेन्द्रियार्थैश्च व्यक्ताव्यक्तैर्हि हितम्
ityeṣa saptadaśako rāśikhyaktasaṃjñakaḥ / sarvairihendriyārthaiśca vyaktāvyaktairhi hitam
thus this set of seventeen is what is called the 'heap'; and with all the sense-objects here, manifest and unmanifest,
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NarP 1 60.82
पञ्चविंशक इत्येष व्यक्ताव्यक्तमयो गणः । एतैः सर्वैः समायुक्तमनित्यमभिधीयते
pañcaviṃśaka ityeṣa vyaktāvyaktamayo gaṇaḥ / etaiḥ sarvaiḥ samāyuktamanityamabhidhīyate
this group, consisting of the manifest and the unmanifest, is the set of twenty-five; that which is joined with all of these is called impermanent.
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NarP 1 60.83
त्रिवर्गो ऽत्र सुखं दुःख जीवितं मरणं तथा । य इदं वेद तत्त्वेन सस वेद प्रभवाप्ययौ
trivargo 'tra sukhaṃ duḥkha jīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ tathā / ya idaṃ veda tattvena sasa veda prabhavāpyayau
Here the triad is: pleasure, pain, and likewise life and death. Whoever knows this as it truly is knows arising and passing away.
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NarP 1 60.84
इन्द्रियैर्गृह्यते यद्यत्तद्व्यक्तमभिधीयते । अव्यक्तमथ तज्ज्ञेयं लिङ्गग्राह्यमतीन्द्रियम्
indriyairgṛhyate yadyattadvyaktamabhidhīyate / avyaktamatha tajjñeyaṃ liṅgagrāhyamatīndriyam
Whatever is grasped by the senses is called the manifest; and the unmanifest is to be known (only) inferentially, from its mark, being beyond the senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 60.85
इन्द्रियैर्नियतैर्देही धाराभिरिव तर्प्यते । लोके विहितमात्मानं लोकं चात्मनि पश्यति
indriyairniyatairdehī dhārābhiriva tarpyate / loke vihitamātmānaṃ lokaṃ cātmani paśyati
The embodied one is satisfied by the senses under control, as if by streams (of water); he sees the self set within the world, and the world within the self.
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NarP 1 60.86
परावरदृशः शक्तिर्ज्ञानवेलां न पश्यति । पश्यतः सर्वभूतानि सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा
parāvaradṛśaḥ śaktirjñānavelāṃ na paśyati / paśyataḥ sarvabhūtāni sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā
The power of one who sees the higher and the lower does not see (any) limit of knowledge — of him who sees all beings, in all conditions, at all times.
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NarP 1 60.87
ब्रह्मभूतस्य संयोगो नाशुभेनोपपद्यते । ज्ञानेन विविधात्क्लेशान्न निवृत्तिश्च देहजात्
brahmabhūtasya saṃyogo nāśubhenopapadyate / jñānena vividhātkleśānna nivṛttiśca dehajāt
For one who has become Brahman, no conjunction with what is inauspicious occurs; nor is there, by knowledge, cessation from the manifold afflictions born of the body.
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NarP 1 60.88
लोकबुद्धिप्रकाशेन लोकमार्गो न रिष्यति । अनादिनिधनं जन्तुमात्मनि स्थितमव्ययम्
lokabuddhiprakāśena lokamārgo na riṣyati / anādinidhanaṃ jantumātmani sthitamavyayam
By the illumination of worldly understanding the course of the world is not injured. (One should know) the creature to be without beginning or end, abiding in the self, imperishable,
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NarP 1 60.89
अकर्तारममूढं च भगवानाह तीर्तवित् । यो जन्तुः स्वकृतैस्तैस्तैः कर्मभिर्नित्यदुःखितः
akartāramamūḍhaṃ ca bhagavānāha tīrtavit / yo jantuḥ svakṛtaistaistaiḥ karmabhirnityaduḥkhitaḥ
a non-doer and undeluded — so said the Lord who knows the fords. That creature who is forever made to suffer by those various deeds done by himself
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NarP 1 60.90
स्वदुःखप्रतिघातार्थं हॄन्ति जन्तुरनेकधा । ततः कर्म समादत्ते पुनरन्यन्नवं बहु
svaduḥkhapratighātārthaṃ hṝnti janturanekadhā / tataḥ karma samādatte punaranyannavaṃ bahu
exerts himself in many ways in order to ward off his own suffering; and from that he takes on again much other, fresh karma.
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NarP 1 60.91
तप्यते ऽथ पुनस्तेन भुक्त्वापथ्यमिवातुरः । अजस्रमेव मोहान्तो दुःखेषु सुखसंज्ञितः
tapyate 'tha punastena bhuktvāpathyamivāturaḥ / ajasrameva mohānto duḥkheṣu sukhasaṃjñitaḥ
Then he is again tormented by it, like a sick man who has eaten unwholesome food — ceaselessly ending in delusion, giving the name 'pleasure' to sufferings.
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NarP 1 60.92
वध्यते तप्यते चैव भयवत्यर्मभिः सदा । ततो निवृत्तो बन्धात्स्वात्कर्मणामुदयादिह
vadhyate tapyate caiva bhayavatyarmabhiḥ sadā / tato nivṛtto bandhātsvātkarmaṇāmudayādiha
He is struck down and tormented always by fearful deeds; then he is turned back from his own bondage, by the coming-to-fruition of his karmas here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain